cheers guys for your help. To clarify the problem I have is at work one of our departments regularly ask me to download files from one of their suppliers. I was thinking that rather than do this when asked I could use a tool like rsync to download any new files and then notify me. Rsync works great for me at home when syncing a repo through ftp so my my first thought was can it do a similar job on a secure ftp site that uses a password and user name. In light of this is it possible to log in to a ftp site using the standard ftp tool and do a directory listing then exit whilst logging the session to a file eg channel 1> ftp_output (Not sure about my syntax on this) then use diff or grep to match any differences between my last dir, and download the new files? Any thoughts? On 03/09/07, Ed Kasky <ed@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > At 01:22 PM Monday, 9/3/2007, Ed Greshko wrote -=> > >Paul Ward wrote: > > > Hi Peeps, > > > > > > Does anyone know if it is possible to use rsync to back up an ftp site > > > that uses a password. > > > > > > I am aware of rsync://[USER@]HOST[:PORT]/SRC [DEST] but how do I > > > handle the password? > > > > > > If this is not possible does it mean I have to use sftp? > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > >I think you don't quite understand rsync. > > > >There are two sides to any transfer. The client side and the server side. > >The site holding the data, in your case the "ftp site", needs to have the > >rsync server configured to allow a client to connect and transfer data. It > >doesn't use the ftp protocol at all. From the man page.... > > > >DESCRIPTION > > rsync is a program that behaves in much the same way that rcp does, but > > has many more options and uses the rsync remote-update protocol to > > greatly speed up file transfers when the destination file is being > > updated. > > > >See the rsync man page for additional information on connection options. > > > >So, if you have access to the "ftp site" and can configure the rsync server > >on it...or if the "ftp site" supports or the owner will support rsync you > >can use it. Otherwise you'll have to use alternate tools. > > A great alternate tool you might want to look at is ncftp. > > http://www.ncftp.com/ncftp/ > > Ed > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Randomly Generated Quote (534 of 1261): > Genderplex: Trying to determine from the cutesy pictures > which restroom to use. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
